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NAME
       clamdscan - scan files and directories for viruses using Clam AntiVirus Daemon

SYNOPSIS
       clamdscan [options] [file/directory]

DESCRIPTION
       clamdscan  is  a clamd client which may be used as a clamscan replacement. It accepts all the options
       implemented in clamscan but most of them will be ignored because its scanning abilities  only  depend
       on clamd.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
              Display help information and exit.

       -V, --version
              Print version number and exit.

       -v, --verbose
              Be verbose.

       --quiet
              Be quiet - only output error messages.

       --stdout
              Write all messages (except for libclamav output) to the standard output (stdout).

       --config-file=FILE
              Read clamd settings from FILE.

       -l FILE, --log=FILE
              Save the scan report to FILE.

       -f FILE, --file-list=FILE
              Scan files listed line by line in FILE.

       -m, --multiscan
              In multiscan mode several files are scanned in parallel, one for each available scan thread in
              clamd.  This is achieved either via MULTISCAN or IDSESSION requests, depending on the configu-ration configuration
              ration and other options.  Can be combined with --fdpass (see below)

       --remove
              Remove infected files. Be careful.

       --move=DIRECTORY
              Move infected files into DIRECTORY.

       --no-summary
              Do not display summary at the end of scanning.

       --reload
              Request clamd to reload virus database.

       --fdpass
              Pass the file descriptor permissions to clamd. This is useful if clamd is running as a differ-ent different
              ent user as it is faster than streaming the file to clamd.  Only  available  if  connected  to
              clamd via local(unix) socket.

       --stream
              Forces  file  streaming  to clamd. This is generally not needed as clamdscan detects automati-cally automatically
              cally if streaming is required. This option only exists for debugging and testing purposes, in
              all other cases --fdpass is preferred.

EXAMPLES
       (0) To scan a one file:

              clamdscan file

       (1) To scan a current working directory:

              clamdscan

       (2) To scan all files in /home:

              clamdscan /home

       (3) To scan a file when clamd is running as a different user:

              clamdscan --fdpass ~/downloads

       (4) To scan from standard input:

              clamdscan - <file_to_scan cat file_to_scan | clamdscan -

RETURN CODES
       0 : No virus found.

       1 : Virus(es) found.

       2 : An error occured.

CREDITS
       Please check the full documentation for credits.

AUTHOR
       Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>

SEE ALSO
       clamd(8), clamd.conf(5), clamscan(1), freshclam(1)



ClamAV 0.95.3                                 February 12, 2009                              Clamd client(1)